In the early 1970s, Jimmy Longoria and Malú Ortega designed the mural to symbolize the hopes that so many had for Pilsen at the time. Fortunately, Community TV Network’s students from Latino Youth Alternative High School were there to document it all on video! This video is featured in The Read more…
Watch Welcome To the Peace House here CHICAGO – Community TV Network is honored that its film “Welcome to the Peace House” was chosen to be included at the first-ever Smithsonian Museum’s African-American Film Festival, October 27, 1018, in Washington D.C. The film will be part of the festival called Read more…
Thanks again for stopping by to talk with our students Vincent Martell, founder of VAM Studio.They loved hearing about your creative process behind the music video production for Jamila Woods‘ single, LSD featuring Chance The Rapper . You can watch the music video below. Help us at Community TV Network continue to give Chicago teens Read more…
We’re excited that CTVN’s documentary “How To Be a Man” won the Best Documentary Short award at Our Voices Film Festival in Vancouver, Canada! Congrats to the whole team involved in making #HowToBeaMan: Elsa Cristina Concepcion Jocelyn Hernandez #MarvinaJohnson #SeionBrown #ViHaden. Special thanks to CTVN instructor Bill Sacco and film festival coordinator Jonathan Read more…
CTVN staff gathered for another workshop today, run by Vedran Residbegovic and Jon Mueller. Topics to explore were: cinematography, lens choice, 4K workflows with Panasonic Lumix GH5, and lighting for table-top set-ups. We experimented using color gels in expressive ways, working with shadows, and selectively cutting light to create shadow patterns. Read more…
This summer, CTVN junior producers completed a series of videos for local non-profit clients, supported by Chicago Fund for Safe and Peaceful Communities #safeandpeacefulchi. The project was part of a city-wide initiative by The Chicago Community Trust to combat summer spikes in violence in at-risk neighborhoods by enabling constructive, community-building Read more…
CTVN’s junior producers got a jump start to their portfolio development this week, when Aron Ianchici of production company Last Decade, LLC visited CTVN to give a talk on creating an effective demo reel. In a dynamic and passionate demonstration, Ianchici talked about the work of Last Decade, his creative Read more…
Community TV Network students were presented the CHICAGO Award by the Chicago International Film Festival’s CineYouth Festival for their short film, “Welcome to the Peace House.” Angelo Ross, Sierra Blackman and Briona Barker-Davis worked with CTVN instructors Bill Sacco and Peter Kuttner on the film that features the south side Read more…